A Tour of Missouri Wineries is the first by authors Jonathan Eccher and Jeremy Hollingshead in a series of fine coffee table books featuring America's wineries.
Both Missouri natives, Eccher, a graduate of Westminster College in Fulton, and Hollingshead, of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, met at the University of Missouri in Columbia while pursuing their law degrees and master's degrees in business, and quickly realized that they shared a love for wines. This love was not just for any wines though, but particularly for the fine wines of Missouri. Eccher and Hollingshead also realized that Missouri's wine industry lacked a book to match the richness of its history and the quality of its many unique wines and wineries. At that moment, A Tour of Missouri Wineries was born.